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White marble ornamental pillar carved with dragons on campus ground……Chinese parents are willing to go into debt to send their kids to a good college. Chinese students are willing to give their lives to get into a good college and bring home the honor and glory!

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Long corridor in front of the white stupa.

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This is the earliest dinosaur (Mesozoic) fossil discovered in China. This dinosaur fossil landed on the commemorative stamp of 1955.

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Confucius bird fossil

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Tortoise fossil

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Fossilized panda jaw.

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Absolutely rare feathered dinosaur fossil.

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Fossilized dinosaur foot.

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Hydrosaur fossil

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Super rare fish, Latimeria chalumnae Smith 1939; it is also called “living fossil”.

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Petrified wood displayed outside Beijing Museum of Natural History….this is the largest collection of petrified wood I have seen since I visited Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona more than 10 years ago!

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I visited Paleozoological Museum of China. Here is the T-Rex outside the museum.

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Memanchisaurus fossil from another angle.

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Memanchisaurus fossil……this is the biggest dinosaur in Asia. The museum does not have enough space for me to stand far to take the picture of the whole set of fossil….it looks 100 feet long! Amazing!

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A dinosaur egg with embryo in it!

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